2021 - TransWilts cancellation and amendment log

[whole diary]

[grahame]

07:35 Westbury to Swindon due 08:17
07:35 Westbury to Swindon due 08:17 has been delayed previously and is now 18 minutes late from Melksham.
This is due to a late running freight train.

[grahame]

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:02
15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55


15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.
Additional Information
Passengers should travel to Bath Spa and change for onwards services.

Passengers for/from Melksham should press the Help Point and await replacement transport.

Back to old habits - leave a four hour gap on the TransWilts rather than an hour gap elsewhere, and I would have hoped for a rail replacement bus to have been provided without having to call for it.  Sad.

[grahame]

15:03 Westbury to Swindon due 15:49
16:03 Swindon to Westbury due 16:45

Facilities on the 16:03 Swindon to Westbury due 16:45.
This is due to a fault on this train.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3.

Shouldn't be an issue this afternoon ...

[grahame]

14:16 Westbury to Swindon due 15:02
15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55

15:14 Swindon to Westbury due 15:55 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Additional Information

Replacement road transport is being arranged to run in lieu of this train service between Chippenham and Westbury. Please check the stations Onward Travel Information poster and wait for the replacement road transport at the designated stop. The replacement road transport may run later than the advertised train times owing to the additional time taken by road between stations and the time required for loading and unloading at each stop.

Customers at Swindon should travel on the 15:29 Bristol Temple Meads service and change at Chippenham for onward transport.

Tickets routed via Melksham will also be accepted via Bath Spa.

[grahame]

18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21
20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28

20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

For November:

326 trains "On time"
154 services delayed, cancelled or not logged
14 services cancelled
4 buses shown as "On time" but not actually real time tracked

Total of 498 services
2.8% cancellation rate

The reasons for cancellations where known:
20:22   Cheltenham Spa   reason:   --
18:10   Westbury   reason:   --
21:12   Westbury      a shortage of train crew
18:55   Swindon      train crew being delayed
15:39   Westbury      a shortage of train crew
14:32   Swindon      a shortage of train crew
15:39   Westbury      a shortage of train crew
14:32   Swindon      a shortage of train crew
12:33   Swindon      a fault with the signalling system
11:30   Westbury      a fault with the signalling system
06:36   Westbury      a shortage of train crew
05:33   Swindon      a shortage of train crew
12:33   Swindon      a problem currently under investigation
11:30   Westbury      a problem currently under investigation

[TaplowGreen]

17:50 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 20:36
17:50 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 20:36 will be started from Westbury.
It will no longer call at Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud, Kemble, Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge.
This is due to a fault on this train.

[grahame]

16:25 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08 
17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17
18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21

18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a road vehicle colliding with level crossing barriers.

Further Information

If you hold a valid single, return, or weekly ticket, you will be able to claim compensation for delays of 15 minutes or more. Please keep your ticket and visit GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway).com/DelayRepay

Trying to think where our level crossing might be ...

[stuving]

16:25 Westbury to Swindon due 17:08 
17:36 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17
18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21

18:39 Westbury to Swindon due 19:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a road vehicle colliding with level crossing barriers.

Further Information

If you hold a valid single, return, or weekly ticket, you will be able to claim compensation for delays of 15 minutes or more. Please keep your ticket and visit GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway).com/DelayRepay

Trying to think where our level crossing might be ...

Hungerford?

[bobm]

Midgham

From Journeycheck

Cancellations to services between Westbury and Swindon
Due to congestion between Westbury and Swindon fewer trains are able to run on the line towards Melksham.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 19:30 02/12.

Customer Advice
A road vehicle has collided with the barriers of a level crossing between Reading and Newbury and the line is currently blocked.
As a consequence, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) long distance services to and from the West Country are being diverted through Swindon and Westbury and to ensure that they are provided with a route through Melksham, GWR local services are regrettably having to be cancelled.

Rail replacement road transport has been arranged between Chippenham and Trowbridge for passengers wishing to travel to and from Melksham.

Passengers at Swindon for Chippenham, Trowbridge and Westbury are advised to catch the next available service towards Bath Spa and change there for services towards Westbury.

Passengers at Westbury for Trowbridge, Chippenham and Swindon are advised to catch the next available service to Bath Spa and change there for services towards Swindon and London Paddington.

[grahame]

20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28

20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to congestion.

After effects from:

Cancellations to services between Reading and Theale

Due to a road vehicle colliding with level crossing barriers between Reading and Theale fewer trains are able to run on the line towards Newbury.

Train services running to and from these stations have been cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes. Disruption is expected until 17:30 02/12.

Better logging on JourneyCheck than it was earlier ...

Due to congestion between Westbury and Swindon fewer trains are able to run on the line towards Melksham.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 21:00 02/12.

Customer Advice

A road vehicle has collided with the barriers of a level crossing between Reading and Newbury and the line is currently blocked.
As a consequence, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) long distance services to and from the West Country are being diverted through Swindon and Westbury and to ensure that they are provided with a route through Melksham, GWR local services are regrettably having to be cancelled.

Rail replacement road transport has been arranged between Chippenham and Trowbridge for passengers wishing to travel to and from Melksham.

Passengers at Swindon for Chippenham, Trowbridge and Westbury are advised to catch the next available service towards Bath Spa and change there for services towards Westbury.

Passengers at Westbury for Trowbridge, Chippenham and Swindon are advised to catch the next available service to Bath Spa and change there for services towards Swindon and London Paddington.

Yes, I know, the line only survived the 1970s because of its use as a diversion route but, my, I wish we had the capacity or the ability to switch (when it's in use for that purpose) to switch over to timings to planned alternatives that continue to provide a local service too - calls on the modified long distance semi-fast services at the intermediate stations?   The local train at 2 or 3 cars is shorter than the 5 car (4.5 passenger accommodation) regional ones - but the carriages are just as busy or at times busier and the extra stops really would not be inconveniencing "the many" for "a few". Now more like "a little more delay for some to prevent really significant delay to others" - that's the TransWilts success that could be so much better nurtured with just a little customer-tuned adjustment on days like today.

[Lee]

20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28

20:47 Swindon to Westbury due 21:28 will be cancelled.
This is due to congestion.

After effects from:

Cancellations to services between Reading and Theale

Due to a road vehicle colliding with level crossing barriers between Reading and Theale fewer trains are able to run on the line towards Newbury.

Train services running to and from these stations have been cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes. Disruption is expected until 17:30 02/12.

Better logging on JourneyCheck than it was earlier ...

Due to congestion between Westbury and Swindon fewer trains are able to run on the line towards Melksham.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 21:00 02/12.

Customer Advice

A road vehicle has collided with the barriers of a level crossing between Reading and Newbury and the line is currently blocked.
As a consequence, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) long distance services to and from the West Country are being diverted through Swindon and Westbury and to ensure that they are provided with a route through Melksham, GWR local services are regrettably having to be cancelled.

Rail replacement road transport has been arranged between Chippenham and Trowbridge for passengers wishing to travel to and from Melksham.

Passengers at Swindon for Chippenham, Trowbridge and Westbury are advised to catch the next available service towards Bath Spa and change there for services towards Westbury.

Passengers at Westbury for Trowbridge, Chippenham and Swindon are advised to catch the next available service to Bath Spa and change there for services towards Swindon and London Paddington.

Yes, I know, the line only survived the 1970s because of its use as a diversion route but, my, I wish we had the capacity or the ability to switch (when it's in use for that purpose) to switch over to timings to planned alternatives that continue to provide a local service too - calls on the modified long distance semi-fast services at the intermediate stations?   The local train at 2 or 3 cars is shorter than the 5 car (4.5 passenger accommodation) regional ones - but the carriages are just as busy or at times busier and the extra stops really would not be inconveniencing "the many" for "a few". Now more like "a little more delay for some to prevent really significant delay to others" - that's the TransWilts success that could be so much better nurtured with just a little customer-tuned adjustment on days like today.

I think DfT^» (Department for Transport - about)/SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) recently sent you a message that, if the railways were ever really run with the customer in mind, they certainly aren't now.

[grahame]

17:50 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 20:36 will be terminated at Westbury.
It will no longer call at Dilton Marsh, Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton Central.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

[grahame]

16:37 Westbury to Swindon due 17:25
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17

Facilities on the 17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:17.
This is due to more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time.
Will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 3.

[grahame]

10:44 Westbury to Swindon due 11:32
11:41 Swindon to Westbury due 12:21

11:41 Swindon to Westbury due 12:21 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.